Become the Swiss Professional Champion in Entrepreneurship 2024!
Register now with your duo or trio team for the selection competition and win the ticket to the grand finale in Bern and the qualification for EuroSkills 2025 in Denmark!
Registration is possible until April 16, 2024!
The selection days will take place in March/April 2024 throughout Switzerland: Basel/Muttenz, Lucerne, St. Gallen, Lausanne, Geneva, Olten, Lugano, and Thun. Do it now or never... seize your chance!
The best teams from all over Switzerland will participate in the finale from September 5 to 8, 2024, in Bern, on the occasion of the professional and vocational training fair BAM. The winning team will get the chance to participate in the EuroSkills 2025 European Championship in Denmark!
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Welcome to the registration for the selection days for the Swiss Professional Championship Entrepreneurship 2024.
The selection will take place at the following locations and dates:
- Selection day in Geneva, Saturday 16 March 2024 (successfully completed)
- Selection day in St. Gallen, Saturday 23 March 2024 (successfully completed)
- Selection day in Lucerne, Saturday 23 March 2024 (successfully completed)
- Selection day in Olten, Saturday 23 March 2024 (successfully completed)
- Selection day in Basel/Muttenz, Saturday 13 April 2024 (successfully completed)
- Selection day in Lugano, Saturday 20 April 2024 (Registration deadline 16 April)
- Selection day in Lausanne, Saturday 27 April 2024 (Registration deadline 23 April)
- Selection day in Stettlen/Bern, Saturday 27 April 2024 (Registration deadline 23 April)
Register now. The number of teams per location is limited, quick registration is recommended.
Professionals who fulfil the following criteria are invited to participate in the Professional Championships in Entrepreneurship, irrespective of a specific industry: Participants must not be older than 22 years of age at the time of the final. Participants are currently undergoing training that is subject to the Vocational and Professional Education and Training Act (VET Act): Swiss Federal Certificate of Proficiency (EFZ), Swiss Federal Certificate of Vocational Education and Training (EBA), Federal Secondary School (FMS; with the exception of courses that follow the EDK curriculum), Federal Secondary School (WMS) and Federal Vocational Baccalaureate (BM), or has completed one of the above-mentioned training courses in summer 2024.
No specific prior knowledge is required. The target audience includes participants with an interest in working on problems, solutions, and business ideas within and outside their own profession. During the selection days, all necessary instructions will be provided, and coaches will be available to answer questions.
Participation in the selection events is desired as a team of two or three, but is also possible as an individual. If an individual qualifies, they must find at least one other team member by the training weekend before SwissSkills 2022 to take part in the professional championships (definitive registration and selection will be made by the organisation). Participation as an individual in the EntrepreneurSkills is not possible. If the individual is unable to find one or two additional team members for the EntrepreneurSkills, a substitute team will take its place.
The problem is identical for all participants and is based on one of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals formulated by the United Nations (UNSDGs). The participants have to solve the presented problem within the time frame given at the event with an innovative business concept (product or service) and present it to the jury.
The events last from 9.00 a.m. to 6.00 p.m. each day. After a short briefing by the event team, during which the competition mode and administrative matters are presented, the professionals have to solve a problem presented on that day. A maximum of eight teams can take part in SwissSkills 2022, which is why selection events are held in the various parts of the country. Two teams per selection day qualify for SwissSkills. The teams receive a training weekend with coaches and entrepreneurs as preparation.
Registration deadline for the selection days 2022: 28 February 2022 The selections will take place on the following dates: St.Gallen 26 March 2022 Lausanne 26 March 2022 Bern 2 April 2022 Lugano 2 April 2022.